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Performing The Self : An Examination Of The Relationships Between Concepts Of Identity And Performance, Matthew Thomas Wellings Jan 1997

Performing The Self : An Examination Of The Relationships Between Concepts Of Identity And Performance, Matthew Thomas Wellings

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This thesis sets out to examine the idea that self-identity can be coherently viewed as a performance event. If such a proposition is supportable, it would seem to argue for attention to be paid to the nature of the activity of performing as a means to better understanding the processes of human identity. Beginning with an analysis of an early example of such a theoretical position, this thesis examines some of the central issues involved in viewing the self as performative. The agenda dictating the direction of this analysis can be summarised as an effort to provide a model of …

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Structure-Activity Relationships In Glucosinolates As Oviposition Stimulants Of The Cabbage Root Fly, Delia Radicum (L.), Neil Patrick Chilcott Jan 1997

Structure-Activity Relationships In Glucosinolates As Oviposition Stimulants Of The Cabbage Root Fly, Delia Radicum (L.), Neil Patrick Chilcott

Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses

A statistically sound and quantifiable bioassay procedure was developed for determining the response of adult Delia radicum to oviposition stimulants. The method was based on the use of surrogate leaves coated with test compounds. All of the test compounds were of purity 99% or greater. Twelve of the tested compounds were synthesised the remaining twenty four were either donated or available commercially. Attempts to follow literature methods to synthesise glucosinolates were unsatisfactory and an investigation of the procedures led to a number of synthetic modifications. Despite various attempts, the failure to sulphate a thiohydroximate to produce a glucosinolate was not …

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Improving The Performance Of Weaner Pigs Through Developments In Liquid Feeding, Tina Maria Geary Jan 1997

Improving The Performance Of Weaner Pigs Through Developments In Liquid Feeding, Tina Maria Geary

Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses

A programme of work was undertaken to assess the efficacy of a new automated ad libitum feed delivery system for newly weaned pigs; to investigate the effects of liquid feeding on their performance and to explore the possibilities for reducing diet cost by using lower cost liquid components. A series of 28 day feeding trials was conducted using pigs weaned at 24 ± 4 days and fed ad libitum on liquid diets. Compared with pigs fed dry diets, liquid feeding increased feed intake by 109 ± 10 g dˉ¹ (P<0.001) and daily gain by 57± 14 g dˉ¹ (P<0.001). Pig growth and feed conversion ratio was not significantly influenced by dry matter content over the range of 255 - 149 g DM kgˉ¹. However, diets containing less than 220 g DM kgˉ¹ increased effluent output per kg of liveweight gain. Within the liquid feed system a natural lactic acid fermentation occurred which reduced diet pH ≤ 4.0 and inhibited the growth of coliform bacteria. Pigs fed diets in which pH was reduced to ≤ 4.0 by acidification with either lactic acid or Pediococcus acidilactici had daily gains of 496 and 474 ± 17 g dˉ¹ and feed conversion ratios of 1.11 and 1.15 ± 0.06 respectively. A series of laboratory studies was conducted with the aim of upgrading and controlling fermentation of food industry liquid residues for use in liquid diets for weaners. Steeping was investigated as a method for reducing glycoalkaloid levels in reject raw potatoes. A combination of natural fermentation and hydrolysis reduced the levels of α-solanine by 16.6 mg kgˉ¹ (35%) and α-chaconine by 28.7 mg kgˉ¹ (51%) respectively. Diets based on the food industry liquid residues (Whey, 'C'-Starch and Greenwich Gold), were either allowed to ferment naturally or inoculated with Enterococcus faecium or Pediococcus acidilactici. Inoculation with either Enterococcus faecium or Pediococcus acidilactici did not result in a significant difference in the final pH of the diets or in the final populations of microorganisms examined compared with the control. The series of studies demonstrated the potential for improving weaner pigs performance using fermented liquid diets. However, it highlighted the need for further studies to obtain a greater degree of control over fermentation patterns.

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A Strategic Choice Model For Asia-Pacific Shipping, Jeffrey Edward Hawkins Jan 1997

A Strategic Choice Model For Asia-Pacific Shipping, Jeffrey Edward Hawkins

Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses

The importance of strategy to an organisation's competitiveness is widely acknowledged in the strategic management literature. However, although strategy research has become substantial in other areas, the same cannot be said with the shipping industry. Very littie is known about how shipowners choose competitive strategies or what strategies they pursue under certain environmental conditions. Of what is available, most focus on Northern Europe and Northem America, with scant regard for the Asia-Pacific, which has become a major shipping power in recent decades. This study was, therefore, conducted to address these gaps in the literature. It analysed the strategic choices made …

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Iran's Potential As A Landbridge For Former Ussr Republics: A Scenario Approach, Parviz Bavarsad-Ahmadi Jan 1997

Iran's Potential As A Landbridge For Former Ussr Republics: A Scenario Approach, Parviz Bavarsad-Ahmadi

Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses

The concept of a landbridge refers to different types of integrated origin-destination international movements of shipments (in various combinations of sea, land and air) under a single waybill. There are different examples of landbridges with different characteristics related to transport supply facilities, organisational structure and managerial skills. Certain limitations of existing landbridge studies are discussed. They include the failure of a comprehensive academic study to account jointly for both demand and supply of landbridge services. Most articles on landbridges discuss the Trans-Siberian Railway or east-west coast landbridges of the United States of America. No comprehensive academic studies of landbridges in …

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The Social Location Of Widows, Mary Barnaby Jan 1997

The Social Location Of Widows, Mary Barnaby

Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses

This thesis draws critically upon the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu to develop a theory of the social location of widows. The thesis presents widowhood as a set of objective social relations regulated by the objective structures of marriage, gender and death. In the course of the discussion a critical analysis of Bourdieu's theorization of gender is advanced. The potential of Bourdieu's work for feminist theory is identified, particularly in his explanation of the mechanism of gender relations, however, the analysis also demonstrates that the phallocentric presuppositions embedded within Bourdieu's theorization of gender have to be addressed before the theory's potential …

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Predicament Of The New Primary Teacher : Educating Teachers As Intellectuals In Changing Times, Roderick Mackenzie Jan 1997

Predicament Of The New Primary Teacher : Educating Teachers As Intellectuals In Changing Times, Roderick Mackenzie

Plymouth Institute of Education Theses

This thesis is based on a case study of the predicament of new primary teachers in a time of rapid and multiple change. It examines the proposal that emerging teachers should be supported as intellectuals in responding to the inherited collision of education policy and practice within postmodernity. Action research methodology was employed to investigate a small scale attempt to support student teachers as intellectuals in their final period of the BEd. Some participants were followed into the first year of teaching, using an ethnographic and autoethnographic methodology to evaluate and elaborate the initial proposal. The study shows that emerging …

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Having You There Made It Better: The Feminist Emotion Work Of Sexual Assault Crisis Counselors, Caryn Aviv Jan 1997

Having You There Made It Better: The Feminist Emotion Work Of Sexual Assault Crisis Counselors, Caryn Aviv

Master's Theses

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Evaluating The Impact Of An Undergraduate Multicultural Training Skills Program, Scott C. Juarez Jan 1997

Evaluating The Impact Of An Undergraduate Multicultural Training Skills Program, Scott C. Juarez

Master's Theses

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Conversations With Evolving Whole Language Teachers: A Three-Year Follow-Up Case Study Of A Whole Language Professional Development Program For Chapter 1 Teachers, Kristen Allen Ross Jan 1997

Conversations With Evolving Whole Language Teachers: A Three-Year Follow-Up Case Study Of A Whole Language Professional Development Program For Chapter 1 Teachers, Kristen Allen Ross

Master's Theses

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The Relationships Between Enmeshment, Overprotectiveness, And Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms In College Women, Shannon Mcgoun Jan 1997

The Relationships Between Enmeshment, Overprotectiveness, And Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms In College Women, Shannon Mcgoun

Master's Theses

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Therapist Interventions In Marital Therapy With Highly Distressed Couples, Catherine A. Leake Jan 1997

Therapist Interventions In Marital Therapy With Highly Distressed Couples, Catherine A. Leake

Master's Theses

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Comparative Research Methods: A Case Study Of A Cross-Cultural Health Outreach Project, Aida M. Olkkonen Jan 1997

Comparative Research Methods: A Case Study Of A Cross-Cultural Health Outreach Project, Aida M. Olkkonen

Master's Theses

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Inner Experiences Of Experienced Therapists Derived By Free And Cued Recall Methods, Dawn M. Nofzinger Jan 1997

Inner Experiences Of Experienced Therapists Derived By Free And Cued Recall Methods, Dawn M. Nofzinger

Master's Theses

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The Therapeutic Alliance In Marital Therapy With Highly Distressed Couples, Stephanie A. Ross Jan 1997

The Therapeutic Alliance In Marital Therapy With Highly Distressed Couples, Stephanie A. Ross

Master's Theses

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Thursdays At The Torch: The Negotiation Of Non-Monogamous Relationships Among Members Of A Lesbian S/M Community, Lori Harmon Jan 1997

Thursdays At The Torch: The Negotiation Of Non-Monogamous Relationships Among Members Of A Lesbian S/M Community, Lori Harmon

Master's Theses

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Not Making The Grade: Barriers To Academic Achievement Among African-American Students At Oak Park And River Forest High School, Denise Rose Jan 1997

Not Making The Grade: Barriers To Academic Achievement Among African-American Students At Oak Park And River Forest High School, Denise Rose

Master's Theses

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Gender And Power In Demand/Withdraw Patterns Of Marital Interaction, Cheryl L. Stenzel Jan 1997

Gender And Power In Demand/Withdraw Patterns Of Marital Interaction, Cheryl L. Stenzel

Master's Theses

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Creativity And Culture: Perception, Interaction, Opposition, And Marginality, Marilyn Badran Weigel Jan 1997

Creativity And Culture: Perception, Interaction, Opposition, And Marginality, Marilyn Badran Weigel

Master's Theses

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The Feminist View Of Wife Battering And The Use Of Feminist Therapy With Battered Women, Mary R. Zapart Jan 1997

The Feminist View Of Wife Battering And The Use Of Feminist Therapy With Battered Women, Mary R. Zapart

Master's Theses

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You Can Take On As Much As You Want: Why U.S. Catholic Priests Find Retirement So Satisfying, Jonathon Lee Wiggins Jan 1997

You Can Take On As Much As You Want: Why U.S. Catholic Priests Find Retirement So Satisfying, Jonathon Lee Wiggins

Master's Theses

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Tourism In China: Policies, Organization, And Education, Ying Shi Jan 1997

Tourism In China: Policies, Organization, And Education, Ying Shi

Master's Theses

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The Covert Processes Of Counselors In-Training At The First Practicum Level: A Pilot Study, Eric P. Johnson Jan 1997

The Covert Processes Of Counselors In-Training At The First Practicum Level: A Pilot Study, Eric P. Johnson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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A Study Of Performance Appraisal Methods Utilized To Evaluate The Performance Of Self-Directed Work Teams, Linda D. Baxter Jan 1997

A Study Of Performance Appraisal Methods Utilized To Evaluate The Performance Of Self-Directed Work Teams, Linda D. Baxter

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Learning Disabilities Versus Motivational Problems: Creating A Balanced Learning Assistance Program, Sandra S. Lablance Jan 1997

Learning Disabilities Versus Motivational Problems: Creating A Balanced Learning Assistance Program, Sandra S. Lablance

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Professionalism And Expertise: A Case Study Of The Occupation Of Physical Therapy, Katherine A. Cermak Jan 1997

Professionalism And Expertise: A Case Study Of The Occupation Of Physical Therapy, Katherine A. Cermak

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of The Procedures Used By Suburban Cook County High Schools In The Expulsions Of Regular Education Students, Kevin Burns Jan 1997

An Analysis Of The Procedures Used By Suburban Cook County High Schools In The Expulsions Of Regular Education Students, Kevin Burns

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Choice Co-Construction And Symbolic Play In Mother-Child Dyads, Lisa Michelle Noll Jan 1997

The Relationship Between Choice Co-Construction And Symbolic Play In Mother-Child Dyads, Lisa Michelle Noll

Master's Theses

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Support Systems And Adolescent Mothers: Effects On Parent-Child Interaction, Kim Jacobs Jan 1997

Support Systems And Adolescent Mothers: Effects On Parent-Child Interaction, Kim Jacobs

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Neuroticism And Interest Differentiation, Eileen B. Mcpartland Jan 1997

The Relationship Between Neuroticism And Interest Differentiation, Eileen B. Mcpartland

Master's Theses

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